Port of Souls Tabs & Lyrics by The Gun Club

Port of Souls

guitar tabs lyrics

The Gun Club

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PORT OF SOULS � Gun Club
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From the album �Mother Juno�
Tabbed by: Jay Rangdale
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard

Port of Souls is one of my favourite �late era� Gun Club songs. It�s pretty

straightforward too! It�s easiest to play all the rhythm guitar using a standard e-
major shape barre-chord.
I�ve lifted the lyrics from Jeffrey-Lee�s autobiography �Go Tell the Mountain�.


Intro:

e|-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--0----0----0---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1-----------------X2---------------------------------------------------|
D|-2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0----------------------------------------------------------------------|

A E G E
Run Molly run, your hills are on fire

A E G E
Why don�t you go downtown, and get it on the wire?

Bridge: BB, F#F#, G#G#

A E G E
Now, easy street, can sure get you laid

A E G E
Doesn�t matter what you�ve done, and you get paid

EE, EE E B C#
In the Port of Souls

A E B C#C# B AAA
In the Port of Souls

Lead break over chorus:

Rhythm gtr: E E E A A A E E E C# A E
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------7�----------------7-----------------7�--------------------------|
D|----7-9---------------7-9---7-7-7-------7-9---------------7----------7--|
A|7-9-------7-7-7---7-9---------------7-9-------7-7-7---7-9---9-7-6------7|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------9----|







B C#A E B A
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------7---9-7---------------------------------------------------------|
A|7-7-6-----7-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------9-----------------------------------------------------------------|

The above fits over these lines:

EEE AAA
Too much ocean, too much sea

EEE C# A E
It is no wonder that you buried me

B C# A E B A (Hold �A� into next verse)
But its alright

A E G E
Rose Connally don�t go in the field

A E G E
You might find something underneath, underneath what is real

Bridge: BB, F#F#, G#G#

A E G E
Now stop pulling an eyelash, only you that I have

A E G E
And it makes me so tired, and this could be the end

Repeat chorus

There�s a bunch of feedback and stuff for half a verse, then�
Last half-verse:

A E G E
Now don�t call John Henry, just kiss him goodbye

A E G E
It don�t matter anyway, so simply goodbye

Repeat chorus

Second part of chorus repeats several times with different lyrics:

1
I didn�t get lonely dear,
I didn�t have a chance to see, but its alright

2
You don�t have to say goodbye
No! no
But its alright

And different lead breaks:



Rhythm gtr: E E E A A A E E E
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|b10-10-8------------b10-10-8---8-10-10-10�-b10-10-8--------------7-10-7-|
G|---------9-7-9-9-9-----------9----------------------9-7-9-9-9--9--------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C# A E C# A E B A
e|------------------------7-----------------------------------------------|
B|------10-----------10-----10--------------------------------------------|
G|9-8-6----9-9-9-8-6----9-------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

b = bend

Last time round he�s just throttling the life out of the b string on the 16th fret
with lots of bend!

There we are then! Enjoy!
Cheers
Jay